Re: Smokers are smarter, I say.

From	"James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, sci.physics, alt.privacy.anon-server, comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.cellular-phone-tech
Subject	Re: Smokers are smarter, I say.
Date	2017-05-06 15:16 +0100
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On Sat, 06 May 2017 14:48:23 +0100, Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> wrote:

> On Sat, 06 May 2017 14:34:55 +0100, James Wilkinson Sword, after 15 edits, wrote this:
>> On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 19:48:14 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/30/17, 11:36 AM, in article oe5arn$qnu$1@dont-email.me, "Sprang"
>>> <spring@sprung.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 11:11:39 -0700, Snit, after 15 edits, wrote this:
>>>>> On 4/30/17, 10:06 AM, in article op.yziptvvfjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson
>>>>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 16:15:32 +0100, Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 22:58:57 -0000 (UTC), Sprang
>>>>>>> <spring@sprung.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 15:55:51 -0700, Snit, after 15 edits, wrote this:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Capitalism, without checks, is the selling of human rights and the
>>>>>>>>> environment to the highest bidder and directly works AGAINST those goals.
>>>>>>>>> With that said, pure Socialism would be no better. Having a mix of the
>>>>>>>>> two
>>>>>>>>> is not perfect but works far better than either, alone.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Where do they sell human rights?
>>>>>>>> Is it in the cereal isle near the froot loops?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Watch out for that cereal isle! With global warming, it may be under
>>>>>>> water very soon. <g>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If the globe is warmer, we'll have more evaporation, the sea will lower, and
>>>>>> we'll get more clouds, which will cool it down....
>>>>>
>>>>> I look forward to the links to peer reviewed articles you used to come to
>>>>> this conclusion. When will you be posting those?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Fill a glass with ice and water.
>>>> Place outside in the sun on a warm day.
>>>> Leave for 24 hours.
>>>
>>> It will not be a warm day for that whole time. :)
>>>
>>>> Return to retrieve glass, notice even with the bugs floating in it,
>>>> the water level is lower.
>>>
>>> Nobody has said, suggested, hinted, or implied otherwise... but that does
>>> not back your initial claim.
>>
>> Don't you get it?  Ice melting doesn't raise the sea level.
>>
>
> It does raise the concept of carbon credits.
> You gotta scare money out of peoples' wallets ;)

I wonder how much time, effort, money, etc is being wasted "protecting" the environment.  Imagine releasing all that money and worker time to do something productive.  We could be colonising other planets by now.

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Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-06 14:34 +0100
  Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Sprang <spring@sprung.invalid> - 2017-05-06 13:48 +0000
    Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-05-06 15:16 +0100
      Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-06 09:28 -0700
    Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-06 09:55 -0700
  Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-05-06 09:27 -0700

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